Bond Reduction Vetoed By Judge

JOLIET — A Will County circuit judge declined Tuesday to reduce the $1 million bond set last month for a Naperville man accused of sexually abusing several teenage girls at his home this year.

Despite representations by attorney Alexander Michalakos that Samer O. Dabbouseh was attending school and wasn't a flight risk, Judge Stephen D. White said he could not reduce the 24-year-old man's bond near the $50,000 the attorney had suggested.

In a video appearance before White, Dabbouseh pleaded not guilty Tuesday to all 15 felony counts in a Will County grand jury indictment handed down Wednesday in Joliet.

Dabbouseh was arrested Oct. 25 at the Naperville home he shared with his mother. The arrest came after a six-month investigation into alleged activities at the house on Providence Court, according to police.

In addition to seven counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, Dabbbouseh is charged with two counts of criminal sexual assault, two counts of domestic battery, three counts of battery and one count of unlawful restraint.

Police charge that Dabbouseh used drugs and alcohol to lure 14- and 15-year-old girls to his home, where he is alleged to have committed sex crimes against four of the teens. Dabbouseh is scheduled to appear before White again on Dec. 8.